Dr Hisham Hellyer

Dr H.A. Hellyer, FRHistS, holds a dual appointment as a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA), and as a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London.

A fellow of Cambridge University’s Centre for Islamic Studies, his research focuses on geopolitics, security studies, political economy, and belief in the Middle East, the West, and Southeast Asia.

With more than 20 years of experience in governmental, corporate advisory, and academic environments in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, his publications include 7 books, more than 20 book chapters, journal articles, and monographs to various academic presses.

Widely cited in the international press, his previous attachments include posts at Warwick University, Harvard, the American University in Cairo, and Brookings.